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Mon, Nov 12, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York

Vancouver Canucks 1, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0817011126
NYR0811019227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 3:16VANNikolay GoldobinAssists: Tyler Motte, Ben Hutton · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:42NYRFilip ChytilPPAssists: Chris Kreider, Neal Pionk · Snap, 0.37 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:19NYRBrett HowdenGWGAssists: Jimmy Vesey, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:29VANAdam Gaudette: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 6:35NYRTony DeAngelo: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 1:08VANNikolay Goldobin: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:18NYRCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 4:18VANDarren Archibald: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:41VANBen Hutton: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 10:20NYRFilip Chytil: Interference2 min
  8. P2 12:34VANLoui Eriksson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P2 16:44NYRMika Zibanejad: Interference2 min
  10. P2 16:57VANMarkus Granlund: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 15:23VANNikolay Goldobin: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 18:45NYRMika Zibanejad: Hooking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANNYR
26Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals3.0
56Shot attempts46
23Faceoffs won30
4Power plays6
17Penalty minutes13
18Hits23
14Blocked shots15
5Giveaways22
5Takeaways12

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestGranlund – Schaller – Motte6:15

    xG 0.36–0.01 (97%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Archibald – Leipsic – Gaudette5:16

    xG 0.13–0.02 (86%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Roussel – Horvat9:37

    xG 0.13–0.17 (44%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Virtanen – Goldobin – Pettersson8:37

    xG 0.09–0.44 (17%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Stecher15:24

    xG 0.48–0.10 (83%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Gudbranson – Hutton10:53

    xG 0.40–0.29 (57%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  3. Tanev – Pouliot14:35

    xG 0.14–0.58 (19%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestZibanejad – Namestnikov – Chytil6:12

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. McLeod – Spooner – Lettieri2:52

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Hayes – Andersson8:58

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Spooner – Zibanejad – Namestnikov3:52

    xG 0.02–0.01 (62%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Claesson12:04

    xG 0.24–0.08 (74%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – DeAngelo15:14

    xG 0.42–0.49 (46%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Pionk11:03

    xG 0.12–0.30 (29%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NYR 3.0 xGVAN 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYR is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #808 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsVAN wins

Simulated goal difference (NYR − VAN), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).